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Kerala High Court orders university to produce email on election delay
The Kerala High Court ordered a university to produce an email linked to the postponement of a campus union election.
The case involves Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in Kalady, Kerala.
A candidate for union general secretary, P.K. Midhun Krishna, says the vice-chancellor delayed the election after complaints from students whose nominations had been rejected.
The vice-chancellor’s order cited a report from the election’s impartial observer, but Krishna says the observer did not recommend postponing the polls.
Krishna and other students asked the vice-chancellor to review the decision, then Krishna went to court after receiving no response.
The court has asked the university to provide the email as it considers his request to overturn the postponement and hold the election as scheduled.
The Kerala High Court directed Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit to produce an email allegedly linked to the deferral of its campus union election.
Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan was considering a petition by union general secretary candidate P.K. Midhun Krishna.
Krishna alleged that the Vice-Chancellor postponed the election based on complaints from students whose nominations had been rejected.
He said the election observer had not recommended postponement, contrary to what the Vice-Chancellor’s order cited.
Krishna asked the court to quash the postponement and hold the election as originally scheduled.
- Who
- The Kerala High Court and petitioner P.K. Midhun Krishna, a university postgraduate student.
- What
- The court directed the university to produce an email allegedly linked to the election’s deferral.
- When
- The directive was reported on November 9, 2026; the exact date it was issued is not stated.
- Where
- Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in Kalady, Kerala.
- Why
- Krishna alleged that the Vice-Chancellor relied on complaints from students whose nominations had been rejected, and that the election observer had not recommended postponement.
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The Vice-Chancellor postponed the campus union election, citing a report by the election observer.
Krishna and other students asked the Vice-Chancellor to review the order, but Krishna said there was no action on their request.
Krishna moved the Kerala High Court seeking to quash the postponement and hold the election as scheduled.
The Hindu reported that the High Court had directed the university to produce the email allegedly linked to the deferral.
- University
- Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS), Kalady
- Judge
- Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan
- Petitioner
- P.K. Midhun Krishna, union general secretary candidate and postgraduate student
- Election observer
- The petitioner said the observer had not recommended postponing the polls
- Reported
- November 9, 2026